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Reviving the Skies: Reintroduction of the Bearded Vulture in Bulgaria and t…
On August 1st, an international project titled “Life for the Bearded Vulture” (project #101113869 LIFE22-NAT-BG-Bearded Vulture LIFE) was launched to reintroduce the Bearded Vulture, a symbol of Bulgarian nature protection…
The vultures Boyan and Ostrava were accomodated in their new home in the wi…
The young birds arrived on July 24th , as Ostrava was personally provided by the team of Ostrava zoo from the Czech Republic, where it was hatched and raised until now. The vulture…
Update from Poison Detectives Campaign
German Zoopark Görlitz- Zgorzelec has joined in FWFF Detective Vultures Campaign to obtain more GPS tagged birds to for illegal poisoning on Balkans. Poison Detectives has been invented as a term by…
Eurasian Black Vulture appeared in Kotel for fourth year in a row – this ti…
Between 19th and 24th May 2018, a black vulture with a wing-tag H9, named OLAF, born and tagged in the Dadia Reserve in Greece has visited the colony of the…
Egyptian, Griffon and Black Vultures at the same time in Kotel
There are again three vulture species in Kotel. Out of the so far local population of Griffon Vultures, recently reached 47 birds, these days two Egyptian and a Black Vulture were present. Three of the…
May is the month for nature education in Kresna Gorge
Everything wakes up in spring. It is already a tradition for Wildlife Center Rakitna to welcome more and more visitors in April and May. Usually students and teachers search for…
Successful breeding season for Griffon vultures in Vrachanski Balkan
The results from the 2018 breeding season of Griffon vultures in Nature Park Vrachanski Balkan, located in Western Balkan Mountain, show 9 hatched chicks. Bad weather in March caused 5 more pairs to…